April 19 - 23, 2015 - Tivoli Theatre QFest uses the art of contemporary gay cinema April 19 - 23, 2015 to spotlight the lives of LGBTQ people and to documentary narrative Shorts program cinemastlouis.org/qfest celebrate culture. FREE

THE YEAR WE THOUGHT ABOUT LOVE BACK ON BOARD: GREG LOUGANIS LIZ IN SEPTEMBER (LIZ EN SEPTIEMBRE) Sunday, April 19, 1 p.m. Sunday, April 19, 3:15 p.m. Sunday, April 19, 5:30 p.m. Ellen Brodsky, 2014, U.S., 68 min. Cheryl Furjanic, 2014, U.S., 90 min. Fina Torres, 2014, Venezuela, 100 min., What happens when a diverse group of LGBTQ A refreshingly candid documentary film about four- Spanish with English subtitles youth dares to be “out” onstage? The film goes behind time Olympic champion Greg Louganis, “Back on “Liz in September” -- based on the classic lesbian the scenes of one of the oldest queer-youth theaters Board” follows the diver over the past three years, as play “Last Summer at Bluefish Cove” -- chronicles the in America, the Boston-based True Colors OUT he struggles with financial security and reunites with unlikely relationship between two apparent opposites. Youth Theater, which transforms daily struggles into the sport he once dominated but was not welcomed Liz has known several things since she was a child: performance for social change. With wit, candor, and in. The threat of losing his house during the recent She is gay, beauty is power, and she will never be a attitude, the cast captivates audiences surprised to financial crisis forces Louganis to re-evaluate the victim. Determined to enjoy the time she still has left hear such stories in school settings. The film introduces choices, relationships, and missed opportunities of his on Earth, she hides her terminal disease from even a transgender teenager kicked out of her house, a career. With unprecedented access, the film reveals the her closest friends. Eva, by contrast, has succumbed devout Christian challenging his church’s homophobia, complicated life of an athlete whose grace, beauty, and to despair. After she loses her son to cancer, Eva finds and a girl who prefers to wear boys’ clothing even courage sparked a worldwide fascination with diving. that pain and guilt damage the relationship with her as she models dresses on the runway. When bombs It chronicles Louganis’ rise from a difficult upbringing husband, sinking both into isolation. Alone on her explode outside their building, the troupe becomes to nearly universal acclaim as the greatest diver ever vacation, Eva is left stranded on the road when her car breaks down. Ending up at Margot’s Inn, she meets even more determined to share their stories of love and traces his path as he moves from a pioneering Liz and her group of gay friends, and Liz makes a bet to help heal their city. openly gay athlete with HIV to an overlooked sports that she can seduce the straight newcomer. Against Shown with: icon. “Back on Board” is the engrossing story of an all odds, the encounter between these two women Alone with People American legend as he re-emerges on the world stage changes their lives. (Drew Van Steenbergen, 2014, U.S., 30 min.): Andie, to combat prejudice, promote tolerance, and return to Sponsored by magical journeys with cassie wasem a closeted high-school lesbian in the Deep South, is se- the diving world after a long period of absence to act cretly in love with all of her sister’s friends and watches as a mentor to the next generation. “The L Word” on DVD when no one is home. Sponsored by The Vital Voice and Michael Reiser, Coldwell Free screening courtesy of sponsor Pride St. Louis. Banker Gundaker Sponsored by Pride St. Louis

OUT IN THE NIGHT Queer Shorts SAND DOLLARS (DÓLARES DE ARENA) Tuesday, April 21, 7 p.m. Tuesday, April 21, 9 p.m. Wednesday, April 22, 7 p.m. Blair Dorosh-Walter, 2014, U.S., 75 min. Aban + Khorshid (Darwin Serink, 2014, U.S., 15 min.): Laura Amelia Guzmán & Israel Cárdenas, This jaw-dropping documentary tells the story of a Inspired by true events, this intimate portrait of two 2014, Dominican Republic, 80 min., English, group of seven young African-American lesbians who lovers executed for being gay provides a glimpse into are out walking in a gay-friendly neighborhood of New the world in which they met. Spanish & French with English subtitles York City on an August night in 2006. When an older Adjust-a-Dream (Jonathan Wysocki, 2014, U.S., 6 min.): Every afternoon young Dominican Noelí goes to the man sexually confronts them, one of the women says On the verge of moving in together, a gay male couple beaches at Las Terrenas, where she and her boyfriend that they are gay, but that only escalates the situation: find their anxieties escalating as they shop for their look for ways to make a living at the expense of one The man becomes violent and threatens to “fuck first mattress. of the hundreds of tourists. People parade through her them straight.” Two of the women defend the group, Camchat (Blake Pruitt, 2014, U.S., 11 min.): An life, but Noelí finds a steady client in a mature French and another pulls a knife from her purse and swings experimental look at online sexual encounters and woman who looks on the island as an ideal refuge to at the man, with the entire encounter captured by relationships. spend her last years. Feigning to be Noelí’s brother, the nearby security cameras. Strangers jump in to defend I Do (Aceito) (Felipe Cabral, 2014, Brazil, 21 min., boyfriend concocts a plan in which Noelí will travel the women, and the confrontation escalates, but as the Portuguese with English subtitles): Junior prepares a to Paris with the old lady and send him money every fight comes to an end, all get up and walk away. How- big surprise to ask his boyfriend to marry him, but not month. Although the relationship with the French- ever, the incident is far from over: 911 has been called, everything goes as planned. woman is initially one of convenience, Noeli’s feelings the man involved has been stabbed, and police swarm Surprise (Leslie Bumgarner, 2014, U.S., 10 min.): A become more intense and conflicted as the departure to the scene with their radios blasting out warning of mother and son confess their secrets. date closes in. a gang attack. Rounded up and charged with multiple Tonight It’s Me (Dominic Haxton, 2014, U.S., 13 min.): A Sponsored by Cindy Walker counts, including attempted murder, three of the wom- hustler and a trans woman meet for a late-night tryst, en plead guilty, but four claim their innocence. Called with both getting more than what they bargained for. a “gang of killer lesbians” by the media, the defendants You. Me. Bathroom. Sex. Now. (Tú. Yo. Baño. Sexo. Ahora.) become known as the New Jersey 4 in activist circles. (Francisco Lupini, Venezuela, 2015, 18 min., Spanish Sponsored by PROMO with English subtitles): When Antonio finds out that his boyfriend is cheating on him three days before Christmas, he decides to find solace amongst friends at the neighborhood dive. All screenings are at the Tivoli Theatre, 6350 Delmar Blvd. Individual tickets are $12 for general admission, $10 for students and Cinema St. Louis members with valid and current photo IDs. Advance tickets may be purchased at the Tivoli box office or website.

TIGER ORANGE CONFIDENTIAL GERONTOPHILIA Sunday, April 19, 8 p.m. Monday, April 20, 7 p.m. Monday, April 20, 9 p.m. Wade Gasque, 2014, U.S., 76 min. , 2015, U.S., 90 min. Bruce La Bruce, 2013, Canada, 75 min., Chet (co-screenwriter Mark Strano) and Todd (Frankie In the , Tab Hunter was No. 1 both at the box English & French with English subtitles Valenti, aka former adult star Johnny Hazzard) are office and on the music charts. ’s most The always-provocative Bruce La Bruce (“Raspberry estranged gay brothers who grew up in a small town sought-after star and America’s boy next door, Hunter Reich,” “L.A. Zombie”) is back with a new romantic in Central with their homophobic single was romantically linked to such actresses as Natalie comedy (of sorts). Eighteen-year-old Lake has a sweet father. Bad boy Todd ran off to and is now Wood, , and . Nothing, activist girlfriend but one day discovers he has an out and proud, but the mostly closeted Chet stayed it seems, could damage Tab Hunter’s career. Nothing, unusual attraction for the elderly. Fate conspires to at home, running the family hardware store and caring that is, except for the fact that he was secretly gay. land him a job at a nursing home, where he develops for their ailing father until his recent death. When a Now, Hunter’s secret is out, and in this revelatory a tender relationship with Mr. Peabody. Finding that broke and homeless Todd returns to the brother he documentary the actor shares the whole story of a the patients are being overmedicated to make them left behind, long-simmering resentments boil to the happy, healthy survivor of Hollywood’s roller coaster. easier to manage, Lake decides to wean Mr. Peabody surface. As the pair confronts their differences and In addition to Hunter’s own frank recollections, the off his medication and help him escape, resulting in similarities, the film offers a poignant depiction of film features a cavalcade of old and new Hollywood a humorous and heartfelt road trip that strengthens family dynamics and small-town life. players -- including Reynolds, , Robert their bond. Shown with: Wagner, Connie Stevens, , Dolores Hart, Shown with: Dragula Rona Barrett, and -- who talk openly (Frank Meli, 2014, U.S., 25 min.): In this End of Season Sale (Szezon végi leárazás) (Eli charming coming-of-age musical, a high-school senior about their personal experiences with the actor. Sponsored by James Agnew & Brad Morris and Dennis Gorg Glazer, 2014, Israel, 35 min., Hebrew with English sub- eliminates his self-esteem issues after attending a drag titles): Late at night, two aging strangers fail to obtain performance. Viagra for a one-night stand. Sponsored by James Agnew & Brad Morris Sponsored by prime timers st. louis

(HOJE EU QUERO SEED MONEY: THE CHUCK HOLMES STORY APPROPRIATE BEHAVIOR THE WAY HE LOOKS VOLTAR SOZINHO) Wednesday, April 22, 9 p.m. Thursday, April 23, 7 p.m. Thursday, April 23, 9 p.m. Michael Stabile, 2015, U.S., 70 min. Desiree Akhavan, 2014, U.S., 86 min. Daniel Ribeiro, 2014, Brazil, 96 min., “Seed Money” is the story of Chuck Holmes, a San Shirin -- played by writer/director/star Desiree Portuguese with English subtitles Francisco pornographer turned philanthropist. As a Akhavan, who has a recurring role on the HBO series Set against the pop music of Belle and Sebastian, videographer, Holmes almost singlehandedly took gay “Girls” -- is simultaneously struggling to become an Daniel Ribeiro’s adorable coming-of-age tale is a funny, porn from the back alleys to the mainstream with his ideal Persian daughter, a politically correct bisexual, and tender story about friendship and the complications of legendary Falcon Studios, building a worldwide empire a hip young Brooklynite. But she’s not quite Persian young love. Leo is a spirited blind teenager who’s fed of flesh and fantasy and contributing mightily to gay enough, not quite gay enough, not quite anything up with his overprotective parents and the bullies at pride along the way. Holmes helped shaped and create enough. She fails miserably in her attempt at all iden- gay identity in the years after Stonewall, and became a school. Looking to assert his independence, he decides tities, and being without a cliché to hold onto can be to study abroad to the dismay of his best friend, founder of gay advocacy groups like the Human Rights a lonely experience. After being dumped by girlfriend Campaign and the LGBT Victory Fund. Later in life, Giovana. When the new kid in town, Gabriel, teams Maxine, Shirin faces an unimaginable fate: Trading the however, Holmes discovered that although his money with Leo on a school project, new feelings blossom in was welcome in philanthropic circles, he wasn’t. idyllic lesbian haven of Park Slope for a shared artist’s him that make him reconsider his plans. Meanwhile, Shown with: loft in Bushwick. Unable to let go of the memories Giovana grows jealous of this newfound companion- of their excruciating highs and lows, the endearingly ship, and tensions mount between her and Leo. In Safe Word (Todd Lillethun, 2014, U.S., 15 min.): A superficial narcissist finds herself plotting to win back young gay couple decide to spice up their relationship this family-friendly rom-com filled with pitch-perfect her ex. performances, Leo’s transformation into the person he but find themselves in peril when fantasy and reality Shown with: start to blur. was meant to be is infectiously heartwarming. Sponsored by #Boom Plunge (Kate Lefoe, 2015, Australia, 6 min.): A roman- Sponsored by Coffee Cartel tic day trip tests the relationship of two young lovers. Sponsored by The Vital Voice platinum sponsor Presenting Partner

Sponsors Dennis Gorg Michael Reiser Cindy Walker James Agnew & Brad Morris Mark Utterback

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